Dongyu Li received her Master's degree from the English Literature and Creative Writing Department at the University of Lancaster, UK. She then worked as a lecturer at the University of Huizhou, China. Now she is a doctoral researcher in the Department of English at the University of Turku. 

My research topic is Re-Vision of Her-stories in Post-War Fiction: A Study of Selected Works by Sarah Waters. I explore how Sarah Waters re-visions “her-stories” in her post-war novels, The Night Watch (2006) and The Paying Guests (2014). In other words, Waters reviews and rewrites women’s stories ("her-stories") in these two novels concerning body politics, morality, and lesbian identity within a heteronormative society through the lens of postmodern feminism, which critiques and deconstructs traditional gender norms, informs Waters’ approach to portraying women’s experiences, especially those of marginalized queer characters during and after the World Wars.

Dongyu Li has more than ten years of teaching experience at the university level, teaching technical courses to BA students, majoring in English Language and Literature. She teaches: English Writing, English Literature Reading, and Introduction to Literary Studies.